Bale-tie



(No Model.)

ILRUsTf BALE TIE.

Patented Apr. Z9, 1884.

jnvenfor w eamq'sfibw wu i'ned'ses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HALBERT BUST, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,721, dated April 29, 1884.

Application filed February 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HALBERT Rusr, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing at Jeffersonville, in the county of Clarke and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesto bale-ties; and it [0. consists in certain improvements in the construction of the saine, as herein shown, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bale-tie having my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line so 00 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 represent the fastening-plates in plan,edge,and perspectiveviews.

A designates the fastening-plates forming the tie, and to which the ends of the band are secured. Each of said plates is formed with aloop or raised cross-bar, a, ahook or tongue,

0, turned diagonally from the plane of the plate, and an end cross-bar, b,which is on the same plane with the plate. In attaching the band B, one end of which is secured to each plate, pass one end of the band e under the bar a, so that it rests on the cross-bar b, and bend the band over bar a to the position shown in Fig. 2, so that aloop is formed on said bar a. The other end of the band is attached to the other plate A in a similar manner; but the position ofsaid plateis reversed that is, the two plates are so attached that when the ends of the band are brought to- 3 5 geth er for fastening, one plate A lapping over I the other, the tongues '0 are toward each other,

one bar a being upward and the other being downward. These tongues being usually formed by cutting the plate and bending the tongue therefrom, a suitable opening is thus formed, so'that each tongue hooks on the other tongue and passes through the opposite plate, the two plates closing against each other when the fastening is ettected. The plates A, however, may be of cast metal in the form shown, if deemed expedient. The elasticity of the bale prevents any endwise movement of either plate by which the tie could get loose. A firm fastening is thus produced, which is readily applied, and the parts of which are simple in construction.

Having described my invention I claim 1. In a bale-tie, the plates A, each being provided with a raised cross-bar, a, and an end bar, I), for attachment of band, and having a tongue turned from the plane of the plate, and an opening for passage of a tongue, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a bale-tie, two plates, A, provided with tongues a, raised bars (1, end bars, b, and openings for passage of tongues, in combination with a band with its ends applied to said plates, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HALBERT RUST.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. HILLs, S. GOLDBAOH. 

